Friends star Matthew Perry has died aged 54 at his home in Los Angeles, multiple US media outlets are reporting.
The actor was found dead after an apparent drowning in a hot tub, TMZ and the LA Times have reported.
The American-Canadian actor is best known for playing fan-favourite Chandler Bing for 10 seasons of the sitcom Friends.
His publicists and other representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment after reports of his death broke, according to the Associated Press.
LAPD Officer Drake Madison told the Associated Press that officers had gone to Perry's home address for "a death investigation of a male in his 50s".
There was no sign of foul play, reports say.
The Emmy-nominated actor published a memoir titled, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, recounting his life and career last year.
The memoir openly discussed his troubles with drug and alcohol dependence, including his addiction during the filming of Friends.
He also revealed that he nearly died at the age of 49 when his colon burst from opioid overuse.
Perry was born in Massachusetts on August 19, 1969, and is the son of John Bennett Perry and Suzanne Marie Langford.
He moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting when he was just 15, with his mother, who was once the press secretary of Canadian Prime Minister Piere Trudeau.
After graduating, he took his first TV role in the series Second Chance.
After hearing about the early production of Friends he was not initially considered for an audition on the hit show.
Perry would eventually land the iconic role of Chandler Bing, which ran for 234 episodes, alongside Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow.
He also appeared in numerous other TV shows including Boys Will Be Boys, Growing Pains, Ally McBeal, The West Wing and Scrubs.
A Friends reunion special in 2021 was hosted by James Corden and fed into huge interest in seeing the cast together again, although the HBO Max reunion was the actors discussing the show and not a continuation of their characters' storylines.
Perry received one Emmy nomination for his Friends role and two more for appearances as an associate White House counsel on The West Wing.
More to come.
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